Opportunity Information: Apply for W81XWH 21 HRRP FRA
The Department of Defense Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award (FY21 HRRP FRA), funding opportunity number W81XWH 21 HRRP FRA, is a competitive research program run through the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs framework. It supports science and technology research and development aimed at restoring hearing and improving auditory health outcomes that are directly relevant to military needs, especially where service members may experience hearing damage due to exposure to blasts, loud noise, or other operational hazards.
The central purpose of this award mechanism is to back promising, targeted projects that can move the field closer to real-world solutions. In practical terms, the program is looking for work that either speeds up drug discovery and therapeutic development for hearing restoration following military-relevant auditory system injury, or meaningfully advances the ability to diagnose auditory dysfunction in austere environments. "Austere environments" generally refers to settings with limited infrastructure or resources, such as deployed locations, field clinics, or remote settings where standard hospital-grade diagnostic tools and specialized staff may not be available. The emphasis on acceleration suggests the program favors efforts that are positioned to translate into usable interventions, diagnostics, or enabling platforms rather than purely exploratory work with an unclear path to application.
A notable feature highlighted for FY21 is encouragement for applicants to leverage resources from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The opportunity points applicants toward NCATS programs and preclinical innovation resources (listed at https://ncats.nih.gov/preclinical) to increase efficiency and help bridge the gap between early research and practical deployment. This signal matters because it implies reviewers may value proposals that are designed around established translational support, such as screening capabilities, medicinal chemistry support, preclinical development resources, or other infrastructure that can reduce common bottlenecks in moving a candidate therapy or diagnostic approach forward.
Administratively, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and can be issued as either a grant or a cooperative agreement, indicating that in some cases the government may expect substantial involvement or coordination during the project period (a common trait of cooperative agreements). The assistance listing is under CFDA number 12.420. Eligibility is described as "unrestricted," meaning it is broadly open to different types of organizations, with the caveat that applicants must follow any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement. The posting was created on May 20, 2021, and the original application deadline was November 30, 2021. The expected number of awards was nine. The listed award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically indicates the specific maximum amount was not captured in the summary record and applicants would need to consult the full funding announcement for budget limits, project period constraints, and other financial details.
Overall, this award opportunity is best understood as a translationally oriented DoD research investment focused on two high-impact outcomes: (1) speeding the development of therapies, including drug-based approaches, that could restore hearing after service-related injury, and (2) improving diagnostic capabilities for hearing problems in operational or resource-limited conditions. The program explicitly encourages applicants to connect their science to practical development pathways and to use established translational infrastructure, particularly NCATS resources, to improve the odds that promising ideas can move toward validated, deployable solutions.Apply for W81XWH 21 HRRP FRA
- The Department of Defense, Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DOD Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.420.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 20, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 30, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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